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I agree with this - thx.

Jeff

[Jeffage]

I checked the river, villain checked. My hand was good - he had Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] so basically gave me the pot. I think I should have checkraised the flop or folded it. One thing though-

Does anyone else find that a cap here is less likely to be a big hand. Most people with big pairs will just call the threebet with position and raise later. A cap is more likely to be something like 77-JJ in this type of spot than AA or even AK in my experience. Something like 10-9s, etc caps a lot.

..just some ramblings, I'm hopped up on french roast right now.

Jeff

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Do you disagree with the flop call?

Jeff

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Yes. I think you should be checkraising, donking or folding. All are preferable to check/call.

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I actually kind of like the check-call. The thing about this board texture is that I don't think you're folding out any sort of pocket pair. That given, the primary feature of your hand is its showdown value -- you have the nut no pair, and if you had the best hand before the flop, you almost certainly still do now. Thus, I wouldn't really characterize the check-raise as a play at the pot; it's more like a very off-kilter sort of value raise. Now, if you had JTo instead of KQo, that would be a play at the pot.

You could also describe the check-raise as an information play, but competent opposition will be 3-betting you with air some fairly reasonable percentage of the time, and so the information you get might not be any good.

I really don't think there's anything wrong with checking and calling one, sometimes two, and very occasionally three barrels.